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4.3/5 rDev +3.1%

This great beer pours a cloudy and hazy light copper with a dense and creamy white head. There are floating chunks in the glass as well.The aroma is all ripe banana and light cloves with hints of pepper.The taste is spicy clove up front with a little peppery bite with ripe banana and just a hint of lemony/acidic hop late in the sip.Great mouthfeel, so smooth and creamy.Overall, just a wonderful brew. (408 characters)

You know I didnt even know Ayinger made a weizenbock,man was I in in the dark.Poured a mix of tea and lemonade with a large blooming crown atop that settled very slowly into a creamy-like mass.A mix of green apple and lemon stands out most in the nose,light yeasty spice and sweet alcohol shows thru as well.Lightly medicinal and clove spice hit the palate melding into lemon pith and sweetish alcohol,although the alcohol is not obtrusive.Honestly I would have never imagined the abv of this beer,its not light as far as feel goes,it just goes down easily.A nice beer from a very tradional brewery. (599 characters)

Appearance - This is a thick, and I mean thick, dingy orange in color. It looks like a pool of yeast. The head is white with a slight orangish tinge and came up easy. The sediment was massive in the bottle and I gave it a few swirls before pumping it in the glass.

Smell - The light orange peel and modest banana are a perfect fruity compliment to the sharp and powerful yeast. There's a couple of ways to do this style and this is my favorite right here with fruits that are light and not pushy and a yeast that really takes command of the nose. The malts are very light but just big enough to garnish attention.

Taste - Everything from the nose delivers at the taste. The orange isn't bitter like an orange peel but not overly sweet. The banana, which can be offensive in more heavy-handed versions of the style, here is appropriate and well-behaved. The yeast is no joke though jumping right in front of the line and letting the world know who's running this show. The malts don't so much add tons of flavor as they do structure.

Mouthfeel - This is big in the mouth, I'd say medium-bodied, with a nice tingly carbonation. It's not light and floaty like a weizen but still manages to impress.

Drinkability - This is an all around terrific beer and shows a lot of discipline for this most difficult style. I'd say that this is one of the hardest beers to do just right but Ayinger pulled it off quite nicely. (1,414 characters)

This is my first Weizenbock but I decided if I was going to try one it had to be from the legendary brewers that are Ayinger. Almost everything they make is gold. But speaking of gold, that's almost the color of this beer. This beer has a beautiful golden yellow color, it is beautiful to look at. I poured my beer into a glass and made sure that beer was nice and cold.

I'm a big fan of Hefeweizen beers and from my understanding a Weizenbock is a variation of that core style, just a more flavorful and powerful (higher alcohol content) variation.

This beer is really enjoyable. What I get from this beer is a creamy smooth mouthfeel that has notes of yeast/bread, ripe bananas, bubblegum, and a hint of citrus. It has very similar notes to their Ur-Weisse beer but this beer is stronger. The alcohol is very well masked though. This beer is VERY filling. It is thick and creamy in your mouth and by the time it reaches the stomach it feels like that yeast just expands out. This is like a meal in a glass (just like their Ur-Weisse). Because of this you will end up sipping this beer, which is great because you just want to enjoy every sip!

There is NO BITTER taste. I'm one of those people who hates bitter (hoppy) beers. I just can't understand why people pretend to like those beers, haha. The human body has evolved to dislike bitter things, hence why we hardly eat anything that is bitter (fact). This beer is on the opposite spectrum of the beer world. This is a malty beer so have no fear people with tastebuds, this actually tastes pleasant! You don't have to pretend to like this, you just will. :) (1,614 characters)

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 500ml bottle into a weizen glass.

Appearance: From the pour I got a tall three to four finger head of slow fading stiff foam over a cloudy flat tan/orange colored liquid. Lots of visible carbonation flows up to the head which also makes lots of slick lace patterns on the glass.

Smell: The nose is full of estery, fruity and bready yeast notes.

Taste/Palate: The flavor has loads of tasty wheat character. There is a semi-sweet mix of bread malt, tart wheat and hops with a twist of lemon and green banana peel. The finish leans more to the dry side with a very mild hop presence. Its palate feels lively and well carbonated with a firm medium body.

Notes: This is a lovely showcase of deep wheaty flavor. (753 characters)

Pours a cloudy dark straw color with a white head. The main aroma is bready malts and German yeast but you also get some banana and clove. The flavor is heavy on the banana and clove but the bready malts are still there. Thinner mouthfeel and medium carbonation. I had read reviews stating this was basically a souped-up hefeweizen and those reviews were correct. Whatever it is, it is very good. (396 characters)

Pours cloudy dark amber with a moderate head. Huge pleasant aroma of banana, pear, cloves and peaches. Taste is sweet, fruity and delicious, similar to the Ayinger Ur-Weisse multiplied by 2. Thankfully all of the Ayinger beers are easy to find in the area for which I am extremely grateful. For me they are the gold standard of Bavarian beers although I have never travelled abroad. I have consumed several cases of the weizenbock and ur-weisse and have never been disappointed, regardless of what I am eating, drinking or feeling. They are truly miraculous in this respect, always enjoyable. (592 characters)

Nose: Banana bread aromas with a hint of clove, Cloudy orange 2” white foam cap, rocky, persistent, clingy, lacy.Palate: Malt driven, big banana bread with slight tartness from the wheat (hint of lemon) on the end but there is a light sweetness throughout.Medium full body, medium high carbonation, very fine and soft, creamy. (332 characters)